Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from South China Sea

Canada and Philippines will sign a key defense pact to boost combat drills and military ties

Canada and the Philippines, both vocal critics of China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the South China Sea, have concluded negotiations for a key defense pact that will allow their forces to hold large combat exercises and intensify defense cooperation

The Independent UK

China's foreign minister blasts the US over tariffs at his annual meeting with journalists

China's foreign minister blasts the US over tariffs at his annual meeting with journalists

Along with fulminating against the United States, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reasserted China’s South China Sea claims, blasted Japan for its past aggression and covered a wide range of other issues during his annual meeting with journalists

The Independent UK

Philippine 'Angels' Aim To De-escalate South China Sea Encounters

Philippine 'Angels' Aim To De-escalate South China Sea Encounters

Seawoman Second Class Stephane Villalon's voice reverberated on the bridge of her Philippine ship as she issued a radio challenge to a much larger Chinese Coast Guard vessel in a disputed area of the South China Sea.

International Business Times

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

inkl

Philippine defense chief warns allies will fight if China restricts flights over South China Sea

The Philippine defense secretary says his country and its allies would take measures to counter any attempt by China to impose an air defense zone or restrict freedom of flights over the South China Sea

The Independent UK

French aircraft carrier stages combat drills with Filipinos in disputed sea and visits Philippines

France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and accompanying warships are in the Philippines after holding combat drills with Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea in a show of firepower that will likely antagonize China

The Independent UK

China says Philippines ‘illegally’ flew planes over South China Sea islands

The incident marks the second confrontation this week between Manila and Beijing over disputed South China Sea islands.

China navy helicopter conducts ‘dangerous’ manoeuvres close to Philippine plane

Footage distributed by the Philippine coast guard shows what it has described as a Chinese navy helicopter performing "dangerous" flight manoeuvres on Tuesday, 18 February, close to a government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.

The Independent UK

inkl

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

US condemns ‘dangerous’ moves by Chinese navy helicopter in South China Sea

US condemns ‘dangerous’ moves by Chinese navy helicopter in South China Sea

Manila says it will lodge a diplomatic protest after a Chinese helicopter came within 3 metres of a Philippine plane.

Philippines accuses Chinese plane of flying ‘dangerously’ close to its aircraft over South China Sea

Philippines accuses Chinese plane of flying ‘dangerously’ close to its aircraft over South China Sea

The Philippine coast guard on Tuesday accused a Chinese Navy helicopter of flying "dangerously" close to its patrol plane on Tuesday in a disputed area of the South China Sea.

The Independent UK

Chinese navy helicopter flies within 10 feet of Philippine patrol plane over disputed shoal

Chinese navy helicopter flies within 10 feet of Philippine patrol plane over disputed shoal

A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet of a Philippine patrol plane on Tuesday in a disputed area of the the South China Sea, as the Filipino pilot warned by radio: “You are flying too close, you are very dangerous.”

The Independent UK

U.S. And Philippine Fighter Aircraft Conduct Joint Patrol

U.S. And Philippine Fighter Aircraft Conduct Joint Patrol

U.S. and Philippine fighter aircraft conduct joint patrol over Scarborough Shoal in South China Sea, amid tensions with China. Learn about the recent milit...

US and Philippine fighter aircraft jointly patrol disputed shoal region guarded by China

US and Philippine fighter aircraft jointly patrol disputed shoal region guarded by China

U.S. and Philippine fighter aircraft have staged a joint patrol and training over a disputed South China Sea shoal where Chinese fighter jets fired flares last year to drive away a Philippine aircraft

The Independent UK

Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to US

Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to US

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has offered to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its “aggressive and coercive behavior” in the disputed South China Sea

The Independent UK

Trump administration promises ‘ironclad’ support for Philippines’ security

Trump administration promises ‘ironclad’ support for Philippines’ security

Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticised China’s ‘dangerous’ actions towards the Philippines in the South China Sea.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

China is pushing the Philippines `to the wall' with aggression in the South China Sea, Manila says

A Philippine security official says China is “pushing us to the wall” with growing aggression in the disputed South China Sea and warned that “all options are on the table” for Manila’s response, including new international lawsuits

China slams Philippines’ decision to acquire US Typhon missile system

China slams move, warning that Philippines risks ‘arms race’ amid increased militarisation of South China Sea.

The Independent UK

US, Japan and Philippine forces jointly patrol in South China Sea after hostilities involving China

The United States has deployed a reconnaissance aircraft while Japan and the Philippines sent navy ships in a joint patrol in the disputed South China Sea two days after the allied forces condemned actions by Chinese coast guard vessels against Philippine patrol ships

The Independent UK

Philippines says China's coast guard blasts water cannon and sideswipes patrol vessel

Chinese coast guard vessels, backed by navy ships, have fired powerful water cannons and blocked and sideswiped a Philippine patrol vessel in renewed aggression in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Drawing lines in the South China Sea: what Beijing’s new claims over a disputed coral reef mean

Earlier this month, China declared new “baselines” around Scarborough Reef, a large coral atoll topped by a handful of rocks barely above sea level in the South China Sea.

International Business Times

Philippines, China Clashes Trigger Money-making Disinformation

Violent confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the South China Sea are being manipulated online by disinformation networks for profit, posing risks to regional security, an AFP investigation has found.

ASEAN Defense Talks Address South China Sea Tensions

Defense chiefs from Southeast Asian nations meet in Laos to discuss South China Sea tensions and regional security challenges with global partners.

The Independent UK

Southeast Asian defense chiefs discuss regional security with US, China and other partner nations

Southeast Asian defense chiefs are meeting with China, the United States and other partner nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance in its claim to most of the South China Sea is leading to more confrontations

US Defense Secretary Condemns China's Actions In Philippines

U.S. Defense Secretary condemns China's actions in the South China Sea, reaffirms commitment to Philippines' defense. Strengthening alliances in the Indo-P...

The Independent UK

US defense chief says alliance with Philippines will transcend administrations

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has condemned China's dangerous actions against the Philippines and renewed a warning that the United States would defend its treaty ally if Filipino forces come under an armed attack in the disputed South China Sea

International Business Times

Japan PM Expresses Concern To Xi Over South China Sea Situation

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed "serious concerns" over the situation in the South China Sea to Chinese President Xi Jinping in their first in-person talks, Tokyo's foreign ministry said Saturday.

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

197,534 stories

Ferdinand Marcos Jr

Gilberto Teodoro

Jonathan Malaya

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

inkl

Organisations

The Associated Press

The State Department

Philippine Coast Guard

the Philippine Coast Guard

inkl

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

388,506 stories

The United States

South China Sea

the South China Sea

Scarborough Shoal

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.

Download on the AppStore

Get it on Google Play